The effects of ethnic identity on household budget allocation to status conveying goods

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 643-663

  Fontes, Angela ^a   Fan, Jessie X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget allocation; Compensatory consumption; Ethnicity; Status consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750969669     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-006-9031-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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